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Paper short abstract:

This work aims to discuss how digital games as GTA: San Andreas and GTA V corroborate the social belief that people with black skin color are criminals by nature. It is important for us to debate that, so we can fight back the prejudice imposed by Colonialism and Slavery.

Paper long abstract:

Stuart Hall (1994) points out the existence of a movement from black people looking for their representativeness under the domination imposed by the white culture. There is a need to create artistic manifestations that placed them as protagonists of their own actions. It is, of course, a way of perceiving themselves, especially at the beginning of the post-colonial period. This is important, because Caucasian society preaches the "erasure" of black culture: either they assume themselves as individuals belonging to the white society in order to reinforce the supremacy of that society, or disappear from it, making themselves culturally invisible. Hooks (1992) states that the absence of blacks in cultural material impairs the identity formation of these individuals. Since they do not see themselves in products that they consume, they understand themselves as inferior beings, culturally marginalized and incapable of self-valorization. Among the cultural products in which the blacks are in the background or do not even appear, are the electronic games. Although they are currently one of the most influential media around the world (Arseth, 2012), video game content is not intended for the black population. Or, when they are, they start from the bias of the marginalization of the black, especially of the man, as can be seen in the GTA: San Andreas and GTA V. This research work therefore aims to show how these two games corroborate the social belief that people with that skin color are criminals by nature.